Welcome to Unity Services Implementation, the final course in Unity's Gameplay Programming Specialization!
This course is exam preparation for Unity's Expert Gameplay Programmer Certification Exam. This course will challenge you with a series of realistic programming problems in Unity video-game projects, inspired by one or more of the topics covered in the Expert Gameplay Programmer Exam. Throughout this course, you will learn Unity Services Implementation techniques, including: streamlining your project management with Unity Cloud Build, monetization with Unity Ads and in-app purchases, and Unity Analytics. By the end of this course, you will implement in-app purchases for a 3D "Dual-Stick Survivor" game project.
This is an advanced-level course, intended for industry game developers or very experienced Unity enthusiasts who are looking to “level-up” their gameplay programming and implementation strategies. To succeed in this courses, you should have at least 2-3 years of experience developing games with Unity. You should be familiar with the full-game lifecycle (working from early concept to launch), creating and working with Prefabs, understanding game asset and animation pipelines, and have some experience with Unity Services. You should also have advanced programming skills, particularly in the C# language.

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Unitys Ads

The rise of mobile gaming and free-to-play games has ushered in a need for advertisements that keep games profitable and accessible. A good developer will make certain the ads don’t detract from gameplay, and the clever programmer can even use them to make the game better. Unity Ads gives game developers an easy method for doing all this. For the first week of this course, you’ll introduce ads into your Infinite Platformer. You’ll have to determine whether to use Simple or Rewarded Ads by analyzing their potential for supplementing game mechanics and contributing towards the player experience.